[xkaydet65]

I hope the use of the word admittance was a deliberate gaffe designed to taunt her detractors.

[webstersII]

I agree. Isn’t Palin supposed to be a journalist?

[webstersII]

I agree. Isn’t Palin supposed to be a journalist?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I was thinking the same thing. (Pssst, Sarah: It's Admission)

[4rcane]

huh?

[avacado]

"I hope the use of the word admittance was a deliberate gaffe designed to taunt her detractors."

You got me. What's wrong with the use of that word?

[proud American in Canada]

I hope the use of the word admittance was a deliberate gaffe designed to taunt her detractors.

Kind of like writing "Hi Mom" on her palm.

[editor-surveyor]

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Oh, you’re one of those “Gaffe” hunters?

You should join the Society of Freerepublic Concern Trolls.

They have many benefits for members, like the Thrill up the Leg from being zotted by JR.
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[Dr. Sivana]

I hope the use of the word admittance was a deliberate gaffe designed to taunt her detractors.

ad·mit·tance    /ædˈmɪtns/ Show Spelled[ad-mit-ns] Show IPA –noun

–noun

1.

permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.

2.

an act of admitting.

3.

actual entrance.

4.

Electricity. the measure of the ability of a circuit to conduct an alternating current, consisting of two components, conductance and susceptance; the reciprocal of impedance, expressed in mhos. 4. Electricity . the measure of the ability of a circuit to conduct an alternating current, consisting of two components, conductance and susceptance; the reciprocal of impedance, expressed in mhos. Symbol: Y

Palin is not using bad diction here. We are not French where there is only one word for each definition. English is a textured language; Palin's use of ADMITTANCE instead of ADMISSION is both accurate and and has a more active-present feel. (MITTERE is the Latin active form of the verb to send. MISSI-,MISSUM are perfect and passive, respectively.)

Those who have a problem with using "admittance" should go back and read some more Fowler.